{"product_id":"learning-civil-societies-penny-gurstein-9780802091192","title":"Learning Civil Societies: Shifting Contexts for Democratic Planning and Governance","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs public issues stretch out to affect an ever expanding population, democratizing planning and governance becomes increasingly important. How localized communities embrace the progressive qualities of civil society is a critical topic in an era where diverse and divergent forces often counteract civil society formation and community initiatives. This collection explores the theoretical underpinnings of democratic planning and governance in relation to civil society formation and social learning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe contributors to this volume use multiple lenses to uncover the challenges of democratizing planning and governance, helping to create a better understanding of how civil societies learn from their experiences, and how these lessons might be applied in other contexts. \u003cem\u003eLearning Civil Societies\u003c\/em\u003e provides insights for developing a critical methodology for studying civil societies and their formations and suggests that new organizational mechanisms within and outside civil societies must be created if more democratic forms of planning and governance are to emerge, be revitalized, and become institutionalized in the coming decades. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Penny Gurstein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802091199\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802091192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.38w x 0.92d","brand":"Penny Gurstein","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065135018239,"sku":"9780802091192","price":83.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6bd0b142-963c-4dfa-9713-bb7596973047.jpg?v=1768673224","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/learning-civil-societies-penny-gurstein-9780802091192","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}